ASH, the world's
largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatments of blood
disorders, regularly issues press releases highlighting clinical and research
advances announced at the ASH annual meeting and published
in Blood, as well as releases and statements on breaking policy news
affecting the field of hematology.

Latest Press Releases

A committee of lymphoma experts today unveiled a strategic roadmap identifying key priority areas in both infrastructure and research that will be critical for advancing treatments for people with lymphoma.

Today the House of
Representatives passed legislation that would repeal the Sustainable Growth
Rate, a flawed formula mandating scheduled reductions in Medicare
physician payments, and replace it with a 0.5 percent annual physician pay
increase for the next five years.

Today Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Lois Capps (D-CA) introduced the Patients’ Access to Treatments Act in the House of Representatives, an important first step toward removing the burden of excessive cost-sharing for Americans who need high-cost, specialty-tier medications.